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embroider v.刺绣；镶边；装饰 (1) 她把垫子绣上了花。(2) 她很会刺绣。(3) 他往往会修饰一下事实。(4) 他用了一些创新的词语，使动人的故事锦上添花。 To embroider refers to a type of ornamentation or needlework, but another usage of the word embroider means to embellish the truth. For example, if a fisherman sitting on the dock tells you about the 38 inch striped bass he almost caught this morning, he may have found a way to embroider the truth.

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英 [ɪm'brɔɪdə(r)] 美 [ɪm'brɔɪdər] (1) She embroidered the cushion with flowers.(2) She embroiders very well.(3) He is likely to embroider the truth a bit.(4) He used a little poetic licence to embroider a good story. To embroider means to decorate with needlework. Picture your great grandmother's pillowcases or Hester Prynne's famous scarlet letter "A" — both of those objects are probably embroidered. 1[VERB 动词]在…上刺绣；绣（花） If something such as clothing or cloth is embroidered with a design, the design is stitched into it.   [be V-ed with/in n]  [V n]  [V-ed]  [Also V]The collar was embroidered with very small red strawberries...衣领上绣着非常小的红色草莓。Matilda was embroidering an altar cloth covered with flowers and birds...玛蒂尔达在一块有花鸟图案的祭坛布上刺绣。I have a pillow with my name embroidered on it.我有一个绣着我名字的枕头。...hand embroidered tablecloths.手绣桌布2[VERB 动词]对（故事、叙述等）添枝加叶渲染 If you embroider a story or account of something, or if you embroider on it, you try to make it more interesting by adding details which may be untrue.   [V n]  [V on n]He told some lies and sometimes just embroidered the truth...他说了些谎，有时只是对事实添油加醋了一番。She embroidered on this theme for about ten minutes.她围绕这个主题添枝加叶地说了大约10分钟。

英语单词	embroider
英美音标	英 [ɪm'brɔɪdə(r)] 美 [ɪm'brɔɪdər]
中文释义	v.刺绣；镶边；装饰
英语例句	(1) She embroidered the cushion with flowers. (2) She embroiders very well. (3) He is likely to embroider the truth a bit. (4) He used a little poetic licence to embroider a good story.
中文例句	(1) 她把垫子绣上了花。 (2) 她很会刺绣。 (3) 他往往会修饰一下事实。 (4) 他用了一些创新的词语，使动人的故事锦上添花。
vocabulary简明	To embroider means to decorate with needlework. Picture your great grandmother's pillowcases or Hester Prynne's famous scarlet letter "A" — both of those objects are probably embroidered.
vocabulary扩展	To embroider refers to a type of ornamentation or needlework, but another usage of the word embroider means to embellish the truth. For example, if a fisherman sitting on the dock tells you about the 38 inch striped bass he almost caught this morning, he may have found a way to embroider the truth.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]在…上刺绣；绣（花） If something such as clothing or cloth is embroidered with a design, the design is stitched into it. [be V-ed with/in n] [V n] [V-ed] [Also V] The collar was embroidered with very small red strawberries... 衣领上绣着非常小的红色草莓。 Matilda was embroidering an altar cloth covered with flowers and birds... 玛蒂尔达在一块有花鸟图案的祭坛布上刺绣。 I have a pillow with my name embroidered on it. 我有一个绣着我名字的枕头。 ...hand embroidered tablecloths. 手绣桌布 2 [VERB 动词]对（故事、叙述等）添枝加叶渲染 If you embroider a story or account of something, or if you embroider on it, you try to make it more interesting by adding details which may be untrue. [V n] [V on n] He told some lies and sometimes just embroidered the truth... 他说了些谎，有时只是对事实添油加醋了一番。 She embroidered on this theme for about ten minutes. 她围绕这个主题添枝加叶地说了大约10分钟。

Embroider Ed N Embroidered [V Means Truth Verb